Konaseema district former MLA Pulaparthi Narayanamurthy passed away at 68 on Thursday. Narayanamurthy was brought to Srinidhi Hospital in Amalapuram after having a heart attack this morning at his house in P. Gannavaram. While getting treatment there, he passed away. He stood for the TDP in the 1996 by-election from the city assembly seat, and he won, becoming an MLA for the first time.